systemEvent cron jobs routing through LLM instead of bypassing (v2026.2.23)
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Set up two systemEvent cron jobs (every 5 mins) expecting zero LLM cost. Configured them to use MiniMax M2.5, but gateway logs show they're running as full embedded agent turns with Gemini Flash instead:
Config:
Impact:
~1.5M tokens/day burned (5-6k tokens per run)
Model selection ignored (used Gemini Flash instead of MiniMax)
Google rate limit graph shows regular 5-min spikes dropping to zero when jobs disabled
Questions:
Should systemEvent + wakeMode: now bypass the LLM entirely?
If not, should it respect model selection?
Disabled both jobs for now. Happy to provide full logs/config if helpful.
Version: v2026.2.23
Platform: macOS
any ideas?
Set up two systemEvent cron jobs (every 5 mins) expecting zero LLM cost. Configured them to use MiniMax M2.5, but gateway logs show they're running as full embedded agent turns with Gemini Flash instead:
embedded run start: runId=fbc708e9... provider=google model=gemini-3-flash-preview messageChannel=cron-eventConfig:
{
"payload": { "kind": "systemEvent", "text": "python3 script.py" },
"wakeMode": "now"
}Impact:
~1.5M tokens/day burned (5-6k tokens per run)
Model selection ignored (used Gemini Flash instead of MiniMax)
Google rate limit graph shows regular 5-min spikes dropping to zero when jobs disabled
Questions:
Should systemEvent + wakeMode: now bypass the LLM entirely?
If not, should it respect model selection?
Disabled both jobs for now. Happy to provide full logs/config if helpful.
Version: v2026.2.23
Platform: macOS
any ideas?
Solution
Awesome — glad it’s behaving now.
If you have a sec, please right‑click the message that fixed it → Apps → Mark Solution so Answer Overflow indexes it (this “systemEvent cron ≠ free, use isolated agentTurn” trap bites a lot of folks).
If you have a sec, please right‑click the message that fixed it → Apps → Mark Solution so Answer Overflow indexes it (this “systemEvent cron ≠ free, use isolated agentTurn” trap bites a lot of folks).
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